Guide to analysing companies
By: Bob Vause
Edition: 6th edition.
Publisher: The Economist
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9781610394789
Subjects: Business enterprises; Evaluation; Finance
Description: In today's volatile, complex and fast-moving business world, it can be difficult to gauge how sound a company really is. An apparently strong balance sheet and impressive reported profits may be hiding all sorts of problems that could even spell bankruptcy. So how do you: Know whether a company is well run and doing well? Decide which ratios and benchmarks to use to assess performance? Work out if a company has massaged its results? Recognise the danger signs on the corporate horizon? Compare companies operating in different sectors or countries? These and many other important questions are answered in a completely updated and revised sixth edition of this clear and comprehensive guide. It is aimed at anyone who wants to understand a company's annual report, judge a customer's creditworthiness, assess a company's investment potential, and much more.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The annual report and what underlies it; title: The statement of financial position; title: The income statement; title: The statement of cash flows; title: Guidelines for financial analysis; title: Measuring profitability; title: Measuring efficiency; title: Working capital and liquidity; title: Capital and valuation; title: Strategy, success and failure.